Sounds play an important role in troubleshooting a computer. Computers have pre-programmed beeps and sounds that notify you of clear hardware issues. Then there are the subtler sounds: a high-pitched ...

A computer's motherboard serves as the backbone that ties its components and gathers them in one spot. The motherboard allows the components to go back and forth and communicate with one another.

When you disconnect your computer’s power supply from the wall, it jumps in to save your BIOS or UEFI settings in your motherboard’s CMOS-RAM (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor). But even the ...

Determining whether your computer problems are due to a fried motherboard or another issue can often be difficult. The best way to find out is to eliminate other possibilities first, which takes some ...